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Status Under review
Workspace Instana
Categories Sensor
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 6, 2026

Monitor MySQL v8.4 DB

To monitor MySQL v8.4 Database and collect detailed metrics, we need to configure the Instana Agent with defined credentials as referenced in this is part of configuration document. With that in mind, we see the message:

"Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server".

And for this error message type, we currently advise that they need to use mysql_native_password instead of caching_sha2_password mechanism. However from vendor MySQL themselves, they point out:

Note: The mysql_native_password authentication plugin is deprecated as of MySQL 8.0.34, disabled by default in MySQL 8.4, and removed as of MySQL 9.0.0.

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/native-pluggable-authentication.html

Please provide to support the ability to monitor such environment for customer.


Idea priority Urgent